Terry Freeman is charged with attempted sexual battery and false imprisonment. The new charges stem from accusations made by a 27-year-old Orange City woman.

By Katie Kusturakatie.kustura@news-jrnl.com

A Deltona firefighter charged with the rape of four women faced new charges Tuesday in a fifth case, a Volusia County sheriff's official said, and now investigators are questioning nine women about him.Terry Freeman, 32, is charged with attempted sexual battery and false imprisonment, spokesman Brandon Haught said. The new charges stem from accusations made by a 27-year-old Orange City woman who came forward Monday to make the report.Haught also said investigators believe they have found a ninth woman whom Freeman may have sexually battered or attempted to sexually batter.The Orange City woman told investigators she thought Freeman would've hurt her or sexually assaulted her if she hadn't fought back when her requests for him to stop were ignored, according to a Volusia sheriff's charging affidavit. The woman told investigators she and Freeman met in August 2013 and were college classmates.The two had agreed one day in November to study together at his home, sheriff's spokesman Gary Davidson said.The two had studied together before, during class, and while she felt comfortable with him because of that, she made sure to establish they would only be studying and “no funny business,” according to a sheriff's charging affidavit.After arriving at Freeman's home and setting her books down, the woman went to the bedroom because Freeman said he wanted to show her something, Davidson said. But when the woman walked in the room, Freeman grabbed her by her hair, pushed her onto the bed and tried to pull her pants down, Davidson said.Freeman repeatedly tried to pull the woman's pants down while using his body weight to pin her to the bed, according to the affidavit. The woman struggled to free herself, trying to push Freeman off of her and pull up her pants, the report states.The woman continued to struggle and refused Freeman's requests to “touch it” and perform a sex act on him while he was exposed, according to the affidavit. Realizing her pants were at her knees, the woman “kicked or kneed Freeman in the groin area” and was then able to stand and pull her pants up.The woman tried to leave, but Freeman again grabbed her by her hair, threw her to the bed and used his body weight to pin her, according to the affidavit. The woman fought back harder this time and was able to escape the bedroom and retrieve her things.“You are such a tease, you know why we came here,” Freeman said to her as she collected her belongings, according to the affidavit. Though he appeared angry, Freeman allowed the woman to leave his home.After the Nov. 20, 2013, incident, Freeman contacted the woman “several times in attempt to get her to go out or get her alone,” according to the affidavit. The woman declined all of Freeman's invites and said she didn't “want to be alone with him.”Freeman remains in custody without bail at the Volusia County Branch Jail where he has been since his initial arrest Dec. 31, 2013, records show.Freeman's initial arrest came after an Altamonte Springs woman contacted police Dec. 27, 2013, and said he had raped her. Since Freeman's arrest, a total of eight women have accused him of rape or attempted sexual battery, and Orange City police filed charges against Freeman stemming from a 2011 case.Deltona Deputy Fire Chief Robert Rogers referred questions' about Freeman's arrest to a city spokesman. Rodgers did say Freeman, who is being held in the Volusia County Branch Jail with no bail allowed, has been placed on administrative leave but is allowed to use vacation time to be paid his $12.23-per-hour wage while in custody. Court records show he is being represented by a public defender.Freeman has been a firefighter/paramedic with the city for a year and worked as a part-time volunteer firefighter with Orange City before that.Davidson said investigators believe there may have been additional attacks. Anyone with information about Freeman is asked to call the Sheriff's Office at 386-860-7030.

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